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Quote by Richard Dawkins
It has become almost a cliche to remark that nobody boasts of igno

It has become almost a cliche to remark that nobody boasts of ignorance of literature, but it is socially acceptable to boast ignorance of science and proudly claim incompetence in mathematics. – Richard Dawkins

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One of the things that is wrong with religion is that it teaches us to be satisfied with answers which are not really answers at all. – Richard Dawkins

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Religion
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The enlightenment is under threat. So is reason. So is truth. So is science, especially in the schools of America. – Richard Dawkins

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Science
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Personally, I rather look forward to a computer program winning the world chess championship. Humanity needs a lesson in humility. – Richard Dawkins

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Computers
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To recover a spiritual tradition in which creation, and the study of creation, matters would be to inaugurate new possibilities between spirituality and science that would shape the paradigms for culture, its institution, and its people. – Matthew Fox

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American high school students trail teenagers from 14 European and Asian countries in reading, math and science. Were even trailing France. – Suzanne Fields

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Your theory is crazy, but its not crazy enough to be true. – Niels Bohr

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Comedy is very hard, but you have to learn the art and science of it. – Marlon Wayans

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In my age, as in my youth, night brings me many a deep remorse. I realize that from the cradle up I have been like the rest of the race — never quite sane in the night. – Mark Twain

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When I go to a concert, I cant help but feel happy and everything else just goes away. I hope everyone feels that way at my concerts. – Victoria Justice

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Nothing is ever done in this world until men are prepared to kill one another if it is not done. – George Bernard Shaw

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